Hizbollah rockets wound 5: medics

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – A barrage of Hizbollah rockets
fired from Lebanon wounded five people north of the Israeli
city of Haifa on Saturday, medics said.

Police said 10 rockets smashed into the northern outskirts
of Israel’s third largest city, damaging cars and buildings.

Hizbollah has stepped up rocket attacks in recent days.

On Friday, two missiles landed in open areas near the city
of Hadera, about 80 km (50 miles) from the Lebanese border.
That marked the deepest strike yet since the war with Hizbollah
erupted more than three weeks ago.

The guerrillas have fired more 2,500 rockets into northern
Israel, killing 30 civilians.

Hizbollah said the latest strikes were in retaliation for
Israeli attacks that had killed civilians in Lebanon.

(Additional reporting by Ari Rabinovitch)